Newsletter Issue: 55 (Feb 2022)

Popular Online Library Guides to Support Students’ Learning and Research

Do you know what the top 5 most viewed Library guides are in 2021? Have you visited our new online guide “Conduct a Literature Review”? Explore our online guides to learn more about useful information and resources for your study and research now!

Publish in Open Access without Article Processing Charge(APC)? – OA Options for PolyU Authors

Making your research open can increase the visibility of your works and research. Be it Open Access through Self-Archival in PolyU Institutional Research Archive (PIRA) or Open Access via Publishing, there is always an OA option for researchers with different research goals.

Progress of Library Extension and Revitalisation (LER) Project

We are almost halfway through the LER project now. The 24-Hour Study Centre has been reopened to users since late September 2021. The Podium Counter Area is now under renovation, with completion expected around early April 2022. Temporary Service Counters and Reserve Collection have been set up at the Multipurpose Hall until further notice. To enhance safety and performance, the two passenger lifts in the Library have undergone a full replacement. Through the proximity sensors of the lift panel, you can simply wave a hand to select the Library floor you would like to go.

User Friendly Self-service Library Facilities

Self-service technologies become part of our lives, especially in time of pandemic. To better meet the users’ needs and to enhance self-service experience, PolyU Library has offered a wide range of self-service facilities. Learn more!

The Historian-in-Residence: Dr Joseph Ting Digital Humanities Website

Dr Ting Sun-pao, Joseph, is an eminent scholar of the history of Hong Kong and was PolyU’s Historian-in-Residence 2018/19. He shared various valuable talks, exhibitions, and study tours with the PolyU community through the years. The newly launched website collects and preserves all the information of the Historian-in-Residence: Dr Joseph Ting digital humanities project so that users can re-use them for academic scholar research and reference easily.

Feature Stories of Outstanding Work by Students

The PolyU Outstanding Work by Students (OWS) exhibition and online portal showcase stories about award-winning work and inspiring projects by students, as well as videos capturing their learning experiences. Eight new feature stories are now exhibited on the the OWS online portal.

理大同學榮獲2021「笹川杯品書知日本」徵文大賽全國決賽二等獎

本校電子計算學系徐嘉璐同學憑藉作品《從貓的視角理解人間的荒誕——淺談夏目漱石的諷刺文學》，代表理大參加全國大奬賽競逐殊榮，並取得二等獎的佳績。